Top Street Culture News Stories for 2014 - Street I Am

Top Street Culture News Stories for 2014 - Street I Am

Top Street Culture News Stories for 2014

December 30, 2014 by streetiam Leave a Comment (Edit)

Top Street Culture News for 2014

Top Street Culture stories worldwide   —

Street I Am picks from USA, China, UK, Russia more  –

Street I am picks important top street culture news items that shaped
the horizon of street culture and entertainment on the planet.

Culture Clash of government of the people vs government of rulers

Christmas Street Art Favorites for the Holidays - Street I Am

Christmas Street Art Favorites for the Holidays - Street I Am

Christmas Street Art Favorites for the Holidays

December 24, 2014 by streetiam Leave a Comment (Edit)

Christmas Street Art for your Holiday Cheer  —

Some new and some timeless installations in the holiday spirit.  –

A mostly irreverent and fun street art perspective from around the
world. Christmas Street Art international. We are going to be updating
this article through Christmas. Please send us links to your suggestions
to info@streetiam.com, with Christmas Street Art, as the subject.


Here we go.

Ferguson Street Art tells the true story - Street I Am

Ferguson Street Art tells the true story - Street I Am

The Street Art Story Surpasses the Media’s   —

Can Ferguson Street Art Bend it Like Brooklyn  –

Will Ferguson street art help lift this neighborhood, as street art
has in places like Brooklyn? If the street art could speak it looks like
it wants the answer to be yes I can.

Artists and community rebuild and reflect

The latest Ferguson street art seems to indicate that the main stream
press’s “Justice ” narrative, may be more a product of outside
organizers rather than the story of hopes and dreams in Ferguson.

Top 11 Favorite Thanksgiving Parade Videos - Street I Am

Top 11 Favorite Thanksgiving Parade Videos - Street I Am

Your Top 11 YouTube favorites Thanksgiving Parade Nideos   ---

Your Top 11 most viewed videos on YouTube  –

Something to do on a Thanksgiving Day. What do you like to watch on the subject of parades. Your Top 11 answers that question.

 Your top number 1 viewed video on YouTube

Civil Rights Goes Beyond Innocence in Ferguson - Street I Am

Civil Rights Goes Beyond Innocence in Ferguson - Street I Am







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Ferguson Street Art by Damon Davis   —

The mash up of art, evidence and civil rights in Ferguson  –

Damon Davis is inspired by the cause of Civil Rights. The current
outstanding work of Damon Davis expresses an outrage stemming from the
widely assumed Ferguson storyline. Hands up. Don’t shoot.

Inspiring art by Damon Davis

Today we found this article on the artist that has been creating awareness art in Ferguson.

FERGUSON NOW HAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL STREET ART IN AMERICA

Dubai to create Worlds Longest Graffiti Wall - Street I Am

Dubai to create Worlds Longest Graffiti Wall - Street I Am

2 Days to set Guinness World Record   —

7,000 spray paint containers to be used  –

Are you busy this weekend? Fond of spray painting walls? Well if that
is who you are, then get your passport in order and head on over to
Dubai.

UAE and Dubai, make street art part of a PR message to the West

The UAE has been mounting  a PR campaign to broaden its alliance both
culturally and militarily with the west. It really began to get
underway early this year. This and other street art bombast is
definitely a part of that mix.

Fancy making a graffiti? Do it for UAE

Mumbai Gets it's Graffiti On, ST+Art Fest - Street I Am

Mumbai Gets it's Graffiti On, ST+Art Fest - Street I Am

Street Art Frontiers

ST+Art Festival is the latest feature of city’s expanding street culture

Mumbai along with Delhi  and other areas is trying a lot of street
culture on for size.  The effort also extends into the area of street
performers as well

Street Art in Mumbai

The festival is taking place primarily in the neighborhood of Bandra and art district of Kala Ghoda. The festival started on Nov. 2 abd cibtubues till the end of the month.

Grant, Unleashed - CD by You Bred Raptors? - Street I Am

Grant, Unleashed - CD by You Bred Raptors? - Street I Am

New CD Grant; Redefining the song   —

 You Bred Raptors?; How to challenge music without over taxing the muse  –

If you want to hear original songwriters plying their craft in the
Big Apple, you need to go past Tin Pan Alley and head underground. You
Bred Raptors plays down there along with other outstanding, unique NYC
musical talents. Their original flavor as heard in their new release
“Grant”, succeeds in taking your musical tastes on an unusual  journey
where the familiar is transformed before your very ears.

Margaret Cho, Busking & Obama Net - Street I Am

Margaret Cho, Busking & Obama Net - Street I Am

Serious fun with Margaret   —

One man band is fun and great – Obama net is just serious   –

A lot of heart and soul on the busking side from Margaret Cho today. 
An outstanding one man band from another street gets some props too.
Meanwhile, street culture coverage of busking on our net, may become a
matter of government discretion soon. But don’t worry. Obama says
everything is gonna be alright.

Great busking heart today

Margaret Chow was busking in her renegade style, to raise some money for and awareness of the homeless.

Comedian Margaret Cho busking for San Francisco’s homeless

You Bred Raptors? Fearless Fresh Interview - Street I Am

You Bred Raptors? Fearless Fresh Interview - Street I Am







YOU BRED RAPTORS? PRE ORDER



You Bred Raptors?, is the
question that is the answer.



It answers the question, What
is one of NYC's top original busking bands?

You Bred Raptors? New CD “Grant”   —

Exclusive interview with composer and 8 string bassist Peat Rains  –

You Bred Raptors? is another amazing reason why the NYC subway has
been elevated to a status above that of being a mere transportation
artery. This video is a live performance of “Hazmat”. It is from their
new CD titled “Grant”, and is being performed in the aforementioned
subway.





 

Political Trash Art slammed by DC locals - Street I Am

Political Trash Art slammed by DC locals - Street I Am

Trash art gets ugly at 5X5   —

Political guilt trip doesn’t look like art to locals  –

When these Washington DC neighborhoods were singled out for political
messages, the organizers expected the point of view of the visiting
artists to be embraced.

Art Burn: What happened when public art met the public at 5×5 this year? – Washington City Paper

Asheville, NC - Pumping Up Street Culture - Street I Am

Asheville, NC - Pumping Up Street Culture - Street I Am

Top Stories This Year   —

Asheville Rivals New Orleans for Southern Street Culture  –

This Asheville keeps popping up in the news recently. From improving
busking laws to mounting world class street art events The increase in
street culture is making people notice.

Embracing Busking as a City Resource

They really notice the good performers. They examine the law and make sure it is optomized to the tastes of the town.

Committee rejects busking policy options

Veterans Street Culture News This Year - Street I Am

Veterans Street Culture News This Year - Street I Am

Looking back through the year   —

 New Piece for Veterans today   —

The Beautiful Artwork Pictured Here Can Only Be Seen on Veterans Day    —

Cover
picture is of a piece in Arizona where the sun only highlights the
Great Seal of the United States at 11:11 a.m. local time on Nov. 11 — on
Veterans Day

Throughout the year   —

VETERANS SFAC : Street Artists Program    —

Meres 1 "No 5Pointz deal with G&M" - Street I Am

Meres 1 "No 5Pointz deal with G&M" - Street I Am

G&M accused of misleading from the start   —

Meres 1; Lack of trust at the heart of dispute  –

What If 5 Pointz Could Be Preserved by Incorporating the Existing facade

A spokesperson for Meres 1, an important group opposing the owner
developer of 5Pointz property says David Wolkoff cannot be trusted.
Furthermore the group does not believe that love of graffiti art has
anything to do with any of G&M Realty’s use of 5Pointz so far.

5pointz owner defends trademark bid - Street I Am

5pointz owner defends trademark bid - Street I Am

5Pointz; What is in a name?   —

5Pointz owner G&M and art group Meres 1 – A love for street art creates a cultural icon  –

5Pointz
owner David Wolkoff  says he loves street art and wanted to have a
place for street artists to be street artists. This was the reason that
he invited them to create at 5pointz. 

Afghanistan street art culture; NATO US pt2 - Street I Am

Afghanistan street art culture; NATO US pt2 - Street I Am

What is now and what’s next on Afghan streets   —

Locals and foreigners instigating new creativity  –

As we learned in our first article when NATO and the US left Iraq, the artists left the streets. NATO US Street Art Connection Kabul & Baghdad 
In this article, we focus our attention on the current creative juices
in Afghanistan. It looks like the outcome of the war effort there will
determine the long term prospects for Afghan street culture.

The locals are coming

In the first article we started out with the latest Big media street artist celeb from Kabul, Shamsia Hassani. But there are other Afghanistan street artists  getting media attention as well.

AFGHANISTAN – A Space for Art Emerges in Kabul

Public Space fights in Dublin and Indiana - Street I Am

Public Space fights in Dublin and Indiana - Street I Am

Busking Noise and Street Art censored  —

Struggle to optimize public space  –

Public space is every which way these days. It is vertical,
horizontal and inside out. Agreeing on a standard of weights and
measures to better regulate public ambiance is daunting at best.

Out goes the bad and in comes the good; we hope -

Who should say what goes up on a wall that is in outdoor public space
and in plain view? The property owner, the community that shares the
space, the artist, or the government.

Las Vegas: Downtown street culture vs Strip gloss - Street I Am

Las Vegas: Downtown street culture vs Strip gloss - Street I Am

Downtown Las Vegas taking off street first   —

New visitors being treated to evolving street entertainment makeover  –

When it began it was viewed by many as an impossible dream. To think
that Downtown Las Vegas, the real Las Vegas, could compete with the
world famous strip. The World famous strip is located outside the city
limits. It simply seemed unrealistic.

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Permitting do it yourself public entertainment - Street I Am

Permitting do it yourself public entertainment - Street I Am

Permitting the streets when and how —

Riverside Halloween House light show and Dublin, force evolving public use laws  –

When is permitting individual and community
public expression important. Should the simple act of seeking public
attention individually, or through informal participation among friends
and neighbors, require a permit for safety, noise or other purposes?

Do it yourself public entertainment on the rise

With the trend towards local do it yourself entertainment options on
the rise, the when, how and why of permitting what may be considered a
basic right is gaining new interest.

 

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Hong Kong street art challenge: Banksy Invader - Street I Am

Hong Kong street art challenge: Banksy Invader - Street I Am

 

Calling all street artists   —

Invader, Banksy others, so far remain silent —

The landscape of freedom may be shrinking before our eyes as the
street artists of Hong Kong increasingly find themselves alone. Their
actions constitute a Hong Kong street art challenge. What our answer is,
will forever define our generation.

New video shows spirit and talent of Hong Kongs street art challenge and non-violent struggle

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Street Art 10-28-14, RT J2, Krog Tunnel, Paris - Street I Am

Street Art 10-28-14, RT J2, Krog Tunnel, Paris - Street I Am

Creative marketing and community rights

Street Art 10-28-14 is about 2 stories raising the question of street
art’s role in community building and sustenance. The other is the
increasing use of street art in pop culture promotions

Run The Jewels Launch ‘Tag the Jewels’ Street Art Project In Support Of ‘RTJ2′ [PHOTOS]

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Busking 10-27-14; China, Decemberists, Bebop - Street I Am

Busking 10-27-14; China, Decemberists, Bebop - Street I Am

Busking 10-27-14

New Shanghai culture law, Hong Kong watching   —

Street entertainment shining brighter in NY and Korea  –

The Busking 10-27-14 report goes to China, Korea and Brooklyn. The
last story about the girl band from Korea will be mentioned first
because this band is so good. The second  Busking 10-27-14 story is the
about the Decemberists. They are currently adding their pedigree to the
continuing legacy of non busker biggies, hitting the streets. But first
we seize the chance to glimpse the first vestiges of command and control
culture, China Style

China brand of command and control culture on display in Shanghai – Busking 10-27-14

Hong Kong and the world wonder as China and the people of Hong Kong
vie for control of the Hong Kong culture. What is and is not allowed in
Shanghai under new rules announced is a sure arbiter of things to come
in Hong Kong.

First authorized buskers appear on streets of Shanghai

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NATO US Street Art Connection Kabul & Baghdad - Street I Am

NATO US Street Art Connection Kabul & Baghdad - Street I Am

Courageous Shamsia Hassani, Afghanistan’s female street artist   —

Iraq street art dying, Afghanistan showing signs of life  –

It is impossible to know what Shamsia Hassani would e doing now if
NATO with the US were not guarding Kabul. It is impossible to know what
has become of the street artists of Baghdad as well.

Blue Burkhas street art makes news

A bold street artist is getting her artwork noticed in the mainstream
press a lot in recent weeks. In the not to distant past, Shamsia
Hassani would have been beheaded for her creative endeavors.

NATO MILITARY IN KABUL ENABLES FEMINIST STREET ART – Shamsia Hassani street artist

Ebola Street Art - Serious Africa, Silly Hanksy - Street I Am

Ebola Street Art - Serious Africa, Silly Hanksy - Street I Am

Public art Messages from Liberia

Ebola Street art fun from the West

In West Africa, the Ebola street art is deadly serious. It has
emerged to spread information to the people. In the West, the Ebola
street art is far more whimsical.

Ebola street art spreads a message of protection in West Africa

Will the rest of the world soon be seeing the kinds of Ebola street
art enjoyed by the people of  Liberia. Given the current open borders
policy of many governments, perhaps.http://streetiam.com

Park Taggers Vandalizing Creation - Street I Am

Park Taggers Vandalizing Creation - Street I Am

2 main taggers sought   —

Yosemite National Park, other masterpieces of Creation hit  –

When an artist creates, they communicate something that can only be
understood through the piece when viewed as the artist intended. When
someone comes along and places something into the work, it’s meaning can
be lost forever. With restoration that meaning can still be 
communicated.

Tagging Comes to National Park System—Is It Vandalism?

GLA Benefit Protesters Erase Krog Tunnel Graffiti - Street I Am

GLA Benefit Protesters Erase Krog Tunnel Graffiti - Street I Am

G.L.A. silence raises questions   —

The Georgia Lawyers for the Arts, or GLA, did not organize the event
promising  a Halloween party in a popular graffiti tunnel in Atlanta. 
The organizers, of the Krog Masquerade, only
state on their site, that they will donate an undisclosed amount of
money, raised through ticket sales to the organization. 

Who Are the Grey 100?

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Hong Kong and Lafayette street art culture clash - Street I Am

Hong Kong and Lafayette street art culture clash - Street I Am

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Street art politics in the news   —

Two stories of creation and destruction of street art in Hong Kong and Lafayette. Played out for two different reasons.. But the questions being raised are the same.

Commentary ; Focus on culture and government  –

Everyone in Hong Kong China and Lafayette Indiana, asks, whose culture is it and who decides? Street art once again appears along vital social fault lines.

A Hong Kong Protest Camp Spawns Its Own street Art

Christian buskers conduct POP up Church - Street I Am

Christian buskers conduct POP up Church - Street I Am

Not your fathers street preacher   —

New Christian pop Up churches feature music, theater and debate  –

Jesus’s teaching of the “Golden Rule” has influenced Christian
thought and our laws pertaining to the rights of man. It has led to laws
based a citizen’s ability to live according to another man’s law while
having the right to debate the law. Even to join with others and act to
change the law. To pursue happiness according to belief.

 Niseem holds Christian street church playing original gospels

Kobani Syria and Street Art in Beriut - Street I Am

Kobani Syria and Street Art in Beriut - Street I Am

Kobani to Beirut and ISIS culture war   —

ISIS – A controversial contribution to culture  –

Why is the battle for at Kobani in Syria, considered so important to
so many? Partly because the Kurdish culture is in opposition
theoretically to that of the ISIS, or ISIL  (if you prefer) theocracy.
Also of course, because the Kurds are the only culture in the area with a
military strong enough to delay ISIS or stop them at this point. But
stop them from what? What is their goal? What would change? How does
this Caliphate quest, put at risk the renaissance of expression in
Beirut?

10-15-14-Top Stories - Street info & Entertainment - Street I Am

10-15-14-Top Stories - Street info & Entertainment - Street I Am

NYC, Indonesia and Las Vegas in the news  –

We have the latest breaking news from the prehistoric past and some
recent news that is only a couple of days old in today’s 10-15-14-Top
Stories. –

NYC Interactive Street Art, Graffiti confirmed as first human art and Las Vegas Art Trail  –

How to make a street more than a street? Art history you might expect. Jesse Smigel creates a giant cat cartoon street sculpture. 10-15-14-Top Stories.

What would a street be if it could be whatever it wanted to and still remain a street

They seek hard evidence in their efforts to answer this question in NYC.

NYC SANCTIONS AMAZING EVENT – Art in Odd Places, FREE IN NYC – Edward Snowden Statue, Slow Dancing with Strangers

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Gabi performs in Santa Monica 3rd Street Promenade - YouTube

Gabi performs in Santa Monica 3rd Street Promenade - YouTube